Sort of surprised with the Sox on this one, 5 years with 2 option years for a pitcher doesn't fit their modus operadi. Keeping my fingers crossed considering that last year the Sox thought that Sale could not hold up as a starter.

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If Chris becomes as good as we all hope he can be, this could be viewed as the best deal in baseball. With contracts creeping toward $30m a season, we could have an ace making 1/3 of market value five years down the line.

Would you rather give this contract to Sale? Or would you rather give Edwin Jackson $52 million dollars for 4 years? It seems to me as if the Good Guys on the Southside of Chicago made a better deal with Sale than what the Bad Guys on the Northside did with Jackson.

Would you rather give this contract to Sale? Or would you rather give Edwin Jackson $52 million dollars for 4 years? It seems to me as if the Good Guys on the Southside of Chicago made a better deal with Sale than what the Bad Guys on the Northside did with Jackson.

True, but you can't really just compare them like that because Sale was still under Sox control cheaply for a few more years anyway, that's very different than a free agent signing. I'm sure the Cubs would have signed Sale if they could have...

This is huge. On the open market, Sale is probably a $20m a year pitcher right now.

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Originally Posted by shoota

I'm not counting this homerun or his 3 RBI from today's game because of the game situation. I'm not counting his pinch hit solo homerun in a blowout win in Colorado. In my book, Crede has 2 less home runs than his statistics show, 4 less RBI, and one less walk (the one where he pinch hit for Uribe after coming in with a 3-0 count and taking one pitch).